Improvement in the manufacture of hat-bodies



' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH MOORE, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

I'MPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF HAT-BODIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. I73, dated April 20,1837.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HUGH MOORE, of the citycounty, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Body forHats; and 1 do hereby declare that the following is a full and exactdescription of the same.

The body is formed of cloth, the warp of which is strong cotton-yarn andthe weft of alternate layers of strong cotton-yarn and whalebone, orotherwise made of split whalebone, attached to any kind of cloth by anadhesive water-proof composition. The bodies of both kinds are joined atthe sides by needlework. The brims and crowns are made of the Theapplication of whalebone to hat-bodies, i

by which they will be rendered more elastic and durable than those madeof felt; calico, or

any other substance.

HUGH MOORE.

Witnesses:

J OHN E. RICHARDSON, WILLIAM H. WRIGHT.

